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MANITOBA HYDRO BIPOLE III POTENTAL USE OF UNDERGROUND CABLE SECTIONS IN THE PLANNED OVERHEAD LINE

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500 KVDC MASS-IMPREGNATED CABLE SUBMARINE CABLE

Conductor 2100 mm2 Diameter 134 mm

Mass 60 kg/m

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LINK Norned Neptune SAPEI Storebaelt Fennoskan 2 Britned Cometa Jindo-Jeju Korea Estlink 2 Skagerrak 4 Western Link UK Strait of Belle Isle Montenegro DATE 2007 2007 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 VOLTS kV 450 500 500 400 500 450 250 250 450 500 600 350 500 POWER MW 700 660 1000 600 800 1000 400 400 650 700 2000 1000

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LENGTH KM 580 106 2 x 420 58 200 2 x 200 2 x 250 2 x 122 157 215 400 3 x 36 2 x 415

HVDC MI CABLE LINKS IN SERVICE OR PLANNED SINCE 2007

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HVDC MI UNDERGROUND CABLE SYSTEM DESIGN 500 kVDC MI Cable Design Data Nominal DC Voltage Corresponding DC Voltage Uo Max. Conductor Temperature Max. Ground temperature Cable Burial Depth Cable Spacing Option 1 Cable Spacing Option 2 Assumed Cable Route Length 500 kVDC 1000 kVpeak 55OC 14OC (MH Data) 1.0 m 0.5 m 1.5 m 65 km

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500 KVDC MI CABLE SYSTEM DESIGN

OPTION A: 2 CABLES PER POLE IN SEPARATE TRENCHES OPTION B: SINGLE CABLE PER POLE SINGLE TRENCH Cable Parameters Diameter mm Mass kg/m Cu Conductor mm2 Ampacity A Power MW/cable Option A 94 24.3 850 1010 505 Option B 114 43.9 2500 2019 1010

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HVDC MI UNDERGROUND CABLE OPEN CUT TRENCHES

A: Neptune 500 kV Long Island NY B: Baltic 400 kV Sweden

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320 KVDC XLDC CABLES

EUROPACABEL 320 KV, 2000 MW OPEN-CUT TRENCH DESIGN

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ALBERTA ENERGY 500 KV, 2000 MW OPEN-CUT TRENCH DESIGN

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NEPTUNE CABLE REELS BEING UNLOADED FROM A BARGE

CABLE REEL DIMENSIONS: FLANGE 4.3 M WIDTH 6.0 M NUMBER OF REELS = 26 AVERAGE REEL LENGTH 700 800 M

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NEPTUNE SPARE CABLE REEL FOR PERMAMENT STORAGE CABLE LENGTH 1000 TOTAL MASS ~ 55 TONNES

HVDC UNDERGROUND CABLE 500 KVDC, 2000 MW BUDGETARY COSTS

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Estimate 1: Based on 2007 costs for a 500 KVDC MI land cable project escalated using the average annual inflation rate of 2.3 % to provide 2012 prices. The Budgetary Estimate obtained in this way for Option B is $ 4.35 million (USD) per route km. Estimate 2: This cost estimate was provided by a supplier via a private communication and was based on current prices. The Budgetary Cost provided for Option B was $ 5.0 million (USD) per route km. Estimate 3: Based on Alberta Energy (Ref. in the Report). $4.5 million (USD) per route km.

HVDC UNDERGROUND CABLE THE INELFE 320 KVDC, 2000 MW VSC PROJECT

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The 65 km, 320 KVDC, 2000 MW INELFE Project will use XLDC cables. Two Bipoles (4 cables) will be installed in separate trenches along the main portion of the route. A number of HDD sections will be required. An 8.5 km tunnel will be built to cross the Pyrenees Mountains. COSTS: Cable: $ 2.30 Million USD / km Civil Works $ 1.24 Million USD / km Tunnel: $ 2.5 Million USD / km Total Cost: $ 6.04 Million USD / km

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